Rhyme concordance to Petrarch's vernacular poetical worksPetrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374[between 1500 and 1550]itaManuscript on paper in 2 volumes of a rhyme concordance (rimario) to the vernacular poetical works of Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), arranged in an approximate alphabetical orderIn Italian.Script: copied by one scribe in rapid Gothico-Humanistica Cursiva.Watermark: Anchor within a circle, Briquet 586-589.Binding: 16th century. Venetian de luxe bindings, brown morocco over pasteboard. The covers are bordered with blind-tooled and gold-tooled fillets; gold-tooled corner pieces and in the center gold-tooled coat of arms with two lilies of the Fugger family. On the front cover of vol. 1 are the gold-tooled vowels "A" and "E", on the front cover of vol. 2 the vowels "I", "O" and "V", referring to the content of both volumes. Gold- and blind-tooled spine with three raised bands. Red and green headbands. Gilt and gauffered edges. Marks of four pairs of ties.